This weekends Parish Newsletter for the week ahead 7th/8th March 2020.

Anniversaries
We remember in prayer those whose Anniversaries are at this time: Martin Tourish-The Roughan,
James Mc Feely-Boyagh/Porthall, Hughie Rooney-Convoy, Kathleen Brolly-Cloughfin,
Cassie Fields-The Common, and Nancy Fields-The Common.                           May They Rest in Peace

Visitation of the Sick & Housebound .. Monday March 9th
Calhame, Sandy Mills, Cloughfin, Murlog, Drumbuoy, The Common, Coneyburrow, St. Columba’s Grove, Braide,
Coolatee, Glenfad, and Hollybush Park.

Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, 2020 .. Thursday July 2nd – Tuesday July 7th, 2020. To make enquiries, or to
book, Tel: 028 7126 0293   (0044 287 126 0293 from the ROI)    E-mail: derrypilgrim@outlook.com   Doctors and Nurses are invited to consider taking part in the Pilgrimage to assist those in need. Contact the Lourdes Office for details.

Life in the Spirit Seminars .. Are taking place in Scoil Eoghain, Moville. From 4pm-6pm each Sunday up to and including Palm Sunday, April 5th. For Scoil Eoghain, turn left at the Cozy Cottage Restaurant just beyond The Square. The School is about 100m on the right hand side.
Please note: the Seminar on Sunday March 22nd, will take place in St. Pius X Church, Moville.

Mass for those with Special Needs .. The Annual Diocesan Mass for those with Special Needs, and their
families, will take place in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Steelstown, Derry, on Saturday April 25th, at 3pm. If you have a child who wishes to recieve the Sacrament of Confirmation or First Communion at this Mass, please contact the Catechetical Centre on: 7126 4087   or e-mail: ddcc@derrydiocese.org

Diocesan Lenten Prayer
Loving Father,
To prepare for His mission of proclaiming Your Kingdom to the world
Your Son Jesus was guided by Your Holy Spirit to the quiet of the desert.
In these Lenten days, I pray that I will be guided by that same Spirit,
To a place of renewal in my heart and mind, so that I will seek opportunities for
daily personal prayer, personal sacrifices, and acts of kindness.
With Your help, may I too be truly prepared to share in the story of the passion,
death, and resurrection of Jesus Your Son, our Lord. Amen.

Thornhill Ministries .. 121 Culmore Road, Derry
Praying Lent  Invitation .. To be part of a praying community through the weeks of Lent.  Led Meditation, Exposition, Mid-Day Prayer of the Church, and the welcome Lenten soup!
Thursdays March 12, 19, 26  &  April 2,  10.30am-12.45pm.  Suggested Donation: £10 (guideline only)
Let’s Talk Church Music ..  An opportunity for organists, cantors, and those who lead music in their Parish to come together and explore the challenges, questions, and good practice in their experience of this ministry.
Thursday March 19th,  8.00pm – 9.15pm.
To book or for more information, contact: 028 7135 1233    or: thornhillministries@derrydiocese.org
Website: www.thornhillministries.co.uk

Alone .. Are seeking to recruit volunteers in the Ballybofey, Stranorlar, Killygordon, Castlefin, Lifford, Convoy, Raphoe, and St. Johnston Area’s. We have a telephone befriending and visiting befriending services which we rely on volunteers to roll-out. An hour a week to befriend an older person to tackle Loneliness and isolation?
Make visits, enjoy mutual hobbies, interests, and accompany them on short outings and activities locally?
Volunteers must be over 18-years-of-age, Garda vetted, training and support will be provided. A very worthwhile one hour a week to help others. To apply, please contact Support Co-odinator Sarah Breslin ..
on: 086 785 8799   or e-mail: sarah.breslin@alone.ie

Aware Overcoming Depression, Changing Lives Support Group .. Will hold their meetings every fortnight,
in Room 1, Strabane Library at 6.30pm.   Tel: 048 7126 0602    Web: www.aware-ni.org  

Anam Cara Donegal .. The organization that supports bereaved parents, is holding a Parent Evening, on March 12th, at 7.20pm, in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Letterkenny, County Donegal. This event is free and open to all bereaved parents regardless of the age your child died, the circumstances of their death, or whether their death was recent or not.

Naomh Padraig Lotto Results .. March 2nd. Numbers drawn were: 6, 13, 24, & 30. One person matched 3
numbers, and will receive: €100. Next weeks Jackpot: €7550.

Masses This Week:
MONDAY                          10am Mass ..          
TUESDAY                         9.30am Mass ..                        
WEDNESDAY                       10am Mass ..                        
THURSDAY                        10am Mass ..                  
FRIDAY                          10am & 7pm Masses .. Followed by The Stations of the Cross              
SATURDAY                        No Morning Mass ..
                                        6.30pm Vigil ..          
SUNDAY                          9am & 11am Masses ..

Confessions .. Will be held from 5.30pm until 6.15pm every Saturday night.

Upcoming Parish Events
St. Patrick’s Day ..                    March 17th
Palm Sunday ..                          April 5th
Good Friday ..                          April 10th
Easter Sunday ..                        April 12th
Confirmation ..                         April 25th
First Holy Communion ..         May 9th
Blessing of the Graves ..               May 11th

Parish Baptisms
March 15th & 29th
Please confirm the Baptism with either the Parochial House or Parish Office. Baptism Registration
Cards, available from the Parish Office or the Parochial House, or the Sacristy, should be collected
before-hand, and returned on the occasion of the Ceremony.